9898556

Immersive Dimensional Variation

PublishedFebruary 20, 2018
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
20 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A computer, programmed to: randomly generate a plurality of geometries that each include a first component, each of the geometries corresponding to a respective position of the first component with respect to a second component in a product that comprises the first and second components; provide to a display a three-dimensional view of the product according to a three-dimensional coordinate system, the three-dimensional view including the first and second components, wherein the first component is displayed according to a first one of the geometries; provide to the display a continuously updated position and orientation of the three-dimensional view of the product according to a current physical location of a user in the three-dimensional coordinate system, whereby the position and orientation of the three-dimensional view of the product in the three-dimensional coordinate system, including the first and second components, changes as the current physical location of the user changes; and upon receiving input requesting a second one of the geometries, provide to the display the continuously updated position of the three-dimensional view of the product modified according to the second one of the geometries.

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2. The computer of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional view of the product includes substantially all of the product.

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3. The computer of claim 2 , further programmed to: map a physical space including real physical objects to the virtual coordinate system; and provide the three-dimensional view of the product so as to incorporate the real physical objects into the three-dimensional view of the product.

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4. The computer of claim 1 , wherein the product is a vehicle.

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5. The computer of claim 1 , further programmed to: receive an input requesting a third one of the geometries while the second one of the geometries is being displayed; and upon receiving input requesting the third one of the geometries, provide to the display the continuously updated position of the three-dimensional view of the product modified according to the third one of the geometries.

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6. The computer of claim 1 , further comprising at least one display device configured to receive the display the three-dimensional view of the product.

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7. The computer of claim 1 , wherein parameters used in creating the geometries include at least one of: factors relating to a vehicle assembly process, parts locating strategies, input tolerances, output measurements, and output tolerances.

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8. The computer of claim 1 , further programmed to randomly generate the geometries based on linear static finite elements analysis results data files containing displacement and reaction force information for the at least one component in a mechanical system, and measurement operations used to calculate variation and contribution to variation of features on the at least one component within the mechanical system.

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9. The computer of claim 1 , wherein each of the geometries is based on dimensional mesh data that is generated from product surface geometry data and product structural mesh data.

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10. The computer of claim 9 , wherein each of the geometries is generated according to one or more conditions in a range of one or more conditions of the first component.

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11. A method, comprising: randomly generating a plurality of geometries that each include a first component, each of the geometries corresponding to a respective position of the first component with respect to a second component in a product that comprises the first and second components; providing a display of a three-dimensional view of the product according to a three-dimensional coordinate system, the three-dimensional view including the first and second components, wherein the first component is displayed according to a first one of the geometries; providing in the display a continuously updated position and orientation of the three-dimensional view of the product according to a current physical location of a user in the three-dimensional coordinate system, whereby the position and orientation of the three-dimensional view of the product in the three-dimensional coordinate system, including the first and second components, changes as the current physical location of the user changes; and upon receiving input requesting a second one of the geometries, providing in the display the continuously updated position of the three-dimensional view of the product modified according to the second one of the geometries.

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12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the three-dimensional view of the product includes substantially all of the product.

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13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: mapping a physical space including real physical objects to the virtual coordinate system; and providing the three-dimensional view of the product so as to incorporate the real physical objects into the three-dimensional view of the product.

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14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the product is a vehicle.

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15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: receiving an input requesting a third one of the geometries while the second one of the geometries is being displayed; and upon receiving input requesting the third one of the geometries, providing in the display the continuously updated position of the three-dimensional view of the product modified according to the third one of the geometries.

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16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising providing at least one display device configured to receive the display the three-dimensional view of the product.

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17. The method of claim 11 , wherein parameters used in creating the geometries include at least one of: factors relating to a vehicle assembly process, parts locating strategies, input tolerances, output measurements, and output tolerances.

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18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising randomly generating the geometries based on linear static finite elements analysis results data files containing displacement and reaction force information for the at least one component in a mechanical system, and measurement operations used to calculate variation and contribution to variation of features on the at least one component within the mechanical system.

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19. The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the geometries is based on dimensional mesh data that is generated from product surface geometry data and product structural mesh data.

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20. The method of claim 19 , wherein each of the geometries is generated according to one or more conditions in a range of one or more conditions of the first component.

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Publication Date

February 20, 2018

Inventors

Elizabeth Baron
Dan Orr
Janice Gall
Andre Jurkiewicz

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